There are 6 ways to get from Edinburgh to Arendal by plane, bus, train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik, bus
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS)plane EDI - KRS
- Take the bus from Universitetet to Arendal bussterminalbus
9h 1mFly Edinburgh Airport to Sandefjord Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sandefjord Airport (TRF)plane EDI - TRF
- Take the train from Sandefjord stasjon to Porsgrunn stasjontrain
- Take the bus from Skjelsvik knutepunkt to Harebakken bussterminalbus
11h 6mkr 1,103–2,063Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Leedstrain
- Take the bus from Bradford to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Oslo bussterminalbus
- Take the train from Oslo S to Harebakken bussterminaltrain F5
2d 10hkr 3,710–6,783Drive, Eurotunnel, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Hirtshalscar
- Take the car ferry from Hirtshals to Kristiansandcarferry
- Drive from Kristiansand to Arendalcar
24h 49mFly Edinburgh Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL)plane EDI - OSL
- Take the train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Oslo Strain
- Take the train from Oslo S to Harebakken bussterminaltrain
9h 19mkr 1,283–3,063Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS)plane ABZ - KRS
- Take the bus from Universitetet to Arendal bussterminalbus
12h 3m
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Arendal is to fly and train and bus which costs kr 1100 - kr 2100 and takes 11h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Arendal is to fly and train which takes 9h 19m and costs kr 1200 - kr 3100.
The distance between Edinburgh and Arendal is 825 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Arendal without a car is to train and bus which takes 2 days 10h and costs kr 3700 - kr 7000.
It takes approximately 9h 1m to get from Edinburgh to Arendal, including transfers.
Arendal is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 11:36 AM in Edinburgh and 12:36 PM in Arendal.
There are 134+ hotels available in Arendal.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Arendal, Norway?
There is no direct connection from Edinburgh to Arendal. However, you can take the vehicle to Edinburgh Airport, walk to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) airport, fly to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS), walk to Kristiansand lufthavn Kjevik, take the line 35 bus to Universitetet, then take the bus to Arendal bussterminal. Alternatively, you can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Tinghuset via Leeds, Bradford Interchange, Bradford, Praha, ÚAN Florenc, Oslo Bussterminal, Oslo S, Harebakken bussterminal, and Harebakken senter in around 2d 10h.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–4,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sandefjord Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–3,600
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 850–4,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sandefjord Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,300
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–6,000
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,900
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sandefjord Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sandefjord Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sandefjord Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,300
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,800
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sandefjord Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,300
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–2,100
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,200
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +47 61 25 80 00
- kundeservice@go-aheadnordic.no
- Website
- go-aheadnordic.no
Train from Oslo S to Harebakken bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 340–700
- Website
- https://go-aheadnordic.no/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +47 61 05 19 10
- tog@vy.no
- Website
- vy.no
Train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Oslo S
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 110–170
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Book at
- https://www.vy.no/en/buy-tickets/train-and-bus-tickets
Train from Sandefjord stasjon to Porsgrunn stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 100–150
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Book at
- https://www.vy.no/en/buy-tickets/train-and-bus-tickets
- Phone
- +47 23 15 90 00
- flytoget@flytoget.no
- Website
- flytoget.no
Train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Oslo S
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 220–240
- Website
- https://flytoget.no/en/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,300
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 470–750
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 320–550
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 815 00 194
- post@akt.no
- Website
- akt.no
Bus from Universitetet to Arendal bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Agder Kollektivtrafikk as
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Bradford to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,100
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,800
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Skjelsvik knutepunkt to Harebakken bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 75–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- vybuss.no
Bus from Skjelsvik knutepunkt to Harebakken bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 190–350
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
- Phone
- (+47) 22 31 31 50
- Website
- nor-way.no
Bus from Skjelsvik knutepunkt to Harebakken bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 280–390
- Website
- https://www.nor-way.no/en/
- Phone
- +45 99 56 19 00
- Website
- colorline.no
Car ferry from Hirtshals to Kristiansand
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 391–1,003
- Website
- https://www.colorline.com/
- Car
- kr 1,003
- No Car
- kr 391
- Phone
- +47 51 46 40 99
- info@fjordline.com
- Website
- fjordline.com
Car ferry from Hirtshals to Kristiansand
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 470–700
- Website
- https://www.fjordline.com/en
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